Couch-bed



J. ROEVER.

A COUCH BED.

APPLlcAUoM FILED MAY24,1916. nENEwED ocT.14,192o.

1,376,642, Patented May 3,1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS ROEVER, OF RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MARY A. ROEVER,

y OF RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK.

COUCH-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1921.

Application led May 24, 1916, Serial No. 99,483. Renewed October 14, 1920. Serial No. 417,015.

T 0 all whom it' may concern;

Be it known that I, JULIUs Ronvnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of RichmondHill, county of Queens, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Couch-Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in couch beds, and the object of my invention is to produce a simple, compact, handsome and unusually comfortable couch bed. My invention is further intended to produce a couch bed which will have the rectangular lines of a box spring, which is adapted to carry either a single fabric or double fabric spring, and which has its legs arranged so that by simply sliding and turning them they can be adjusted so as to support the structure or turn inward beneath it in order that it may be brought into compact shape when not in use.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a broken perspective view of a couch bed embodying my invention, the cover being broken away to show the corner construction of the bed, and the latter being of the two fabric variety.

F 2 is a broken perspective view of one corner of the bed showing its application to a single fabric structure.

F ig. 3 is a perspective view of one leg and the connected bed rail and adjacent bracket as adapted for a two fabric structure, and

F ig. 4 is a sectional elevation of a corner portion of the bed showing especially the supporting bracket and leg for a single fabric structure.

The bed is provided with longitudinally supporting rails 10, and at the ends these rails are rigidly connected with brackets 11 for supporting the bed proper, each bracket having a socket member or base 12 into which the rail 10 fits and in which it is securely fastened so that the relative positions of the rail and brackets are permanent. The base member 12 is cut away on the under side and toward the outer end, preferably along a slant as shown at 13, and

terminates in a shoulder 14 as shown at the right in Fig. 1.

On each rail 10 near the end is a sliding sleeve 15 which can be fixed if desired by means of a set screw 16 which extends through the sleeve and impinges on' the rail lO, and this sleeve is shaped to fit the base 12 of Vthe bracket 11, that is to say its outer end 17 abuts with the shoulder 14 of the base 12, while the inclined part 18 corresponds to the inclined part 13 of the base, and a shoulder 19 abuts with the inner end of the base 12, so that when the two parts are pushed together as in Fig. 3, a locking union is effected which prevents the bed and the leg 2O from moving with relation to each other, and the parts can be held in this position by simply tightening the set screw 16. The leg 20 is preferably integral with the sleeve 15. It will be noticed that by loosening the set screw the sleeve 15 can be pushed inward clear of the base 12, and the leg 20 can then be swung up beneath the bed so as to permit the latter to be packed away fiat-wise, but when the bed is to be set up the leg can be slid into its connection with the base 12 and fastened as described, thus affording a perfectly rigid and secure support.

lf a single fabric bed is used each bracket 11 at its outer end connects with the crossbar 21 of the bed, which cross-bar is usually of angle iron, and in order that the single fabric bed may have the appearance of a box spring, and 4make the structure more attractive, the bracket 11 has an arm 22 below and parallel with the rail and cross-bar 21, while a corner rail 23 is arranged vertically and connected with the arm 22 and the outer end of the rail or cross-bar 21, as shown in Fig. 4. The corner rail 23 is preferably of angle iron, and as this arrangement is made on the four corners of the bed, it will be seen that when the cover is in place the bed will have all the appearance of a boX spring bed.

If a two fabric bed is used in connection with the supports, the bracket 11 is provided with a ledge 24 to support the lower cross-bar or rail 25 of the bed, While the cross bar 21a is carried on the top of the bracket 11. A corner piece 232L similar to the corner piece or rail 23 already described, connects the end portions of the cross-bars 2l and 25, thus afording a finish to the bed corners. A cover 26 is used to cover the bed, and a pad 27 is preferably arranged between the bed top and the cover, but this forms no part of my invention.

From the foregoing description it Will be seen that I have provided a very compact, safe and comfortable bed, which can be very easily set up or knocked down, and which because of the peculiar construction of the corners and the bed supports, has an unusually attractive appearance. Moreover, the structure is' such that the bed is much stronger and more comfortable than couch beds as usually constructed.

I claim l. A structure of the kind described comprising rails, brackets rising from the end portions of the rails and having means thereon to support the cross-bars of a bed, and generally vertical corner pieces supported from the brackets outside the vertical plane of therrails thereby affording a finish to the bed corners.

2. A structure of the kind described comprising parallel rails, brackets rising from the ends of the rails and having ledges thereonto support the cross-bars of the bed, arms extending laterally outward from the brackets, and vertical corner pieces secured to the arms to make the corner finish of the 3. In a structure of the kind described the combination With the bed having cross-bars at the ends, of brackets connectedV With the cross-bars, said brackets having laterally eX- tending arms', and corner pieces connected to the arms and cross bars to nisli the bed corners.

JULIUS ROEVER.

lVitnesses WARREN B. HU'roHINsoN, M. G. ODONNELL. 

